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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1887-12-08

keeper of the woodward that he might hinder us from getting full supply. But this did not discourage us, for even when Andrews reluctantly gave the word to come on board, Wilson, who as fireman had a great appreciation of the need of fuel, fingered still to get huge armload more, and the enemy, seeing our engine standing there, were actually obliged to 'tslow up'' to avoid the collision that seemed inevitable. However we did not wait for them to get close enough to use their shotguns-at least not to any effect, though Wilson is quite positive that some guns were fired. He says:
 'We had, however, secured only par tial supply when the chasing train came in sight, loaded with armed soldiers. Our pursuers were worked up to an infuriated pitch of excitement, and rent the very air with their screeches and yells as they came in sight of us, like dogs when the quarry is sprung. They opened on us at long range with musketry. The bullets rattled around us like hail, but fortu- nately none of our party was hits
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CHAPTER x.
OOSTENAULA BRIDGE.

The bridge was now just at hand
 What should we do? Te leave it intact was to be thought of only in the direst necessity. We had carried our ammuni
 tior the fuel we had gathered-into our last car, and while it was not as good as we would have liked, yet in 8 little time VIC could make a fire. We now punched hole in the back end of our car-in fact we had done this in passing from one car to another previous to dropping the last one-and now began to let ties fall out on the track while we ran. They followed us lend over end," and showed most per verse disposition to get off the track, but few remained. This moderated the speed of the pursuing engine, which was a help that we sorely needed, for it was now evident that they either had a faster engine than ours or better fuel. Tho latter was certainly the case, for we had been using wood very rapidly without any opportunity for a long time past to re-
 plenish it.
 The first feeling of despondency of the whole route took possession of us as we approached the bridge, with our pursuer close behind. The situation was in every way unfavorable for us. If we passed by without leaving it in ashes we felt that one important part of our business would be undone, even if we were completely successful afterWard in evading pursuit and destroying the Chickamauga bridges.
 Murphy expresses the opinion that we made Q great mistake at this point. There was at this time long and high wooden trestle by which the Resaca bridge is ap- preached. As we came near we s'slowed up," and right in the middle of this trestle we dropped our last car. Murphy says that if we had but thrown it across the fv~oo o1r f1o 1,,..I ~4 mercy, as well as all the bridges above. He is right, but the difficulty in doing this is greater than he thinks. To pull or push the car off by means of the engine involved some risk of getting the engine itself off, which would have been fatal We had no good means of moving it in any other way, and the element of time was all important. The pursuers were right behind, and while they could not have fired on us at effective range, they could very quickly have alarmed the town ahead of us, and then the track could have been obstructed to prevent our passage.
 It is easier to imagine what might have been done than actually to do it, even if the circumstances were repeated.
 There was no opportunity to turn and 1 fight at this point. The town of Resaca ! was within few hundred yards of the | bridge, and any noise would bring help
 from that quarter. Besides our pursuers
 were armed with guns, and our only chance of getting at close quarters was by l an ambuscade. Had the day been dry
 we could have flung fagots from the en 1 zine upon the roof, but now fire even or l the inside of the large frame bridge would require careful nursing. With : station only few hundred feet ahead where the track might be so easily ob
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THE WATERBURY DEMOCRAT THURSDAY DEC & 1887

open-the General bore us rapidly on. The impatience of Andrews to reach the bridge had not been diminished by the appearance of this new clement in the situation.
 Here our pursuers were greatly startled. Their story had been swiftly told when they reached Calhoun, and the engine and tender of the passenger car, with 9 re-en- forcement of armed men, followed them up the road. Fuller stood on the tender of his own train, which was in front, gaz- ing lntently forward to see ii there was any dangerous obstacle or break in the track, such as they had already many times encountered. Soon he beheld us at work with feelings which cannot be de scrlDed. Before getting near enough to see our number, we had mounted and sped away, and he saw with exultation that we had not broken the track, and that there seemed to be no obstruction. With full speed he ran on till too close to stop, and then beheld what he believed, at first, to be broken rail and gave himself up for lost; but it was on the inside of a curve, and as an engine running rapidly throws most of it's weight on the outside, when he ran on it the bent rail was only straitened down, and they were safely on the other side of this danger. The next train, which followed almost imme- diately after, did not notice the obstruc- tion at all. There is scarcely doubt that two minutes more, enabling us to finish getting 8 rail up at this point, would have given the control of the day into our hands, for there were no more trains on the road either to delay us or to be turned back after us. But as it was, the Texas pressed on after us without the slightest loss of headway.
 The coming of this train before the track was torn up was by far the most se- rious misfortune that we had yet encoun- tered. But might it not still be overcome? The plan which first presented itself to the undismayed spirit of Andrews was to use two of our cars as projectiles and hurl them back at the enemy. This was more in accordance with his genius, which de- lighted in strategy, than the plain course which most of the soldiers would have preferred; that is, straight out and out fight with the pursuing train. Accord ingly our engine was reversed-could we have selected down grade the chance of success would have been better, but we were coming so near the bridge that we could not delay to choose-and when the speed in this way had been checked and the pursuing train was quite close and still going fast, we uncoupled and bounded on again. But the skillful pursuers were not thus to be beaten. They saw what they were about, and checking their head way when the car was dropped, they also reversed, and coming up to it with moder- ate force, coupled on, which was easier because their tender was in front.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1887-12-08

The expedition, in the daring of it's inception, had the wildness of a romance; while iQ the gigantic and overwhelming results it sought and was likely Go obtain it was absolutely sublime JUDGE ADVOCATE GENERAL Hours OFFICIAL RE PORT.
 It was all the deepest laid scheme, and on the grandest scale, that ever emanated from the brains of any number of Yankees combined THE SOUTHERN CoNFEpERAcY (ATIANTA, GA.), April 15. 1862.
 Despite it's tragic termination, it shows what a handful of brave men could undertake in Amer ica.-CoMTE DE PARIS HISTORY OF THE CIVIL WAR IN AMERICA, vol. 2, p. 187.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1887-12-08
DARING AND SUFFERING.
A History of the Andrews Railroad
 Raid Into Georgia in 1862.
The Most Heroic and Tragic Episode
 of the Civil War.

Embracing Full and Accurate Account of the Secret Journey to the Heart of Railway Train in . Confederate Camp, the Terrible Chase That Followed, and the Subsequent Fortunes of tho Leades and His Party.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1887-12-08

ever, he made all the necessary explana-
 dons, and wrote out the following dis
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1887-12-08
By WILLIAM PITTENGER. A MEMBER OF THE EXPEDITION.

Copyrighted, 1887, by War Publishing Co.,, N Y., and published by arrangement with them.]
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train started from Marietta, and loaded with soldiers

lISdlu SLdItCu lTOHl IHdIlGUUd, dI6l 1OlO0O with soldiers.
 For time after leaving Resaca we did not run very fast. It was evident that we could not get. away from the engine be- hind us by mere speed; the only hope was in some way to disable them, or to ob- struct the track; and we were obliged to be saving of our fuel. But now we were approaching Greens, a wood station near Hilton, and we were determined to have fresh supply at any cost. So the last wood in the box, with little of our precious oil, was showed into the furnace, and Brown, who had now taken the throttle, turned on full head of steam, and we once more flew along the track. At the same time we who were in the box car put a line of ties along it's floor and kept them moving to the hole in the end, and let them drop aS fast as possible on the track. This was rapidly exhausting our ammunition, but it was effectual in enforc- ing slowness and caution upon our pur- suers. Fuller could not run rapidly in the face of such 0 succession of obstacles. He did the best he could, giving the sig nal to reverse whenever he saw tie on the track, jumping off and removing it, and on again, when the engineer would start with full head of steam, and re- duce speed, as the engine gathered heaG- way to such 8 rate as would admit of stopping in time when another tie was seen. It was fearfully perilous, and the only wonder is that he was not wrecked long before the chase was done. But he probably understood that we were racing for the wood yard ahead.
 When we reached it there was no finger ing in the work of loading up. The wood was piled in frantically by men working for life; but before we had half filled the tender we again heard our relentless fol- lower. So eager were we to get the larg- est possible supply of wood that we did not take their first whistle as sufficient intimation to start. Then came scream after scream of the most unearthly char acter, obviously designed to alarm tho
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1887-11-05
THE COUNTY FAIR ORATOR.

He started for the County Fair, tho ambi-
While his rival went fishing with hasK
he labeled ''bait"
ssUron the n-tanned sons oftoil my heart
with pleasure dotes;
love their simple ways" said he, lana
yenerate their votes"
He arose before the people, but their eyes
In strained expectancy, TO see tho thou-
sand-dollar hog,
UMv follow.countrymen," he said, in ac-
cents loud and full ~
A deep, stentorian, mighty roar came from
the Durham bull.
"Good men from Geebuck county, and
brothers, one and all"
At this the champion donkey prayed from
out his neighboring stall;
Just then the horse race was announced,
the people sccttered wide.
And Sympathetic Jersey cow looked AT
him and sighed.
Thus left in solitdue alone, he staggered to
the rail.
A cow began to taste his coat and masticate
its tail.
He seized his tailliess covering and from
the stage he ran 4tr
And so wandered all his money on three
card monte man.
Such fate the luckless candidate had on
that direful day,
And next his rival at the polls boro all his
votes away,
1--WE want no man to govern u.s." each TAR
mer said, 81 swow,
| Who'll let himself be all OF up by any
burned old COW ~
| Detroit Free Press.s
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written on his returned diary.
eeNo." /.
"Do you know whose it is e

written on his returned diary.
nNo."
.Do you know whose it is ~
eyes"
"And you have seen this cursed lit
tie book pr throwing II into her lap.
81 have not"
"You know its contents, Beatrice,
little woman? Your happiness, mine
mot that this latter Is much to you
are At stake! Let me be honest with
you-give me chance :"
And Beatrice, naughty though she
be. and although she winces at the
mention of her happiness being at
stake, tells him the tale as 1t was told
to her.
He laughs and takes her In his arms,
and from that stronghold Beatrice liz
/ tens to what her jailer has to say,
which, In brief, IL to the effect that ne
!! never offered himself to Miss Ehe Rid
dell: that he never ever thought OF so
Idoipa that he did make foolish bet
to marry the belle Of Oldport; that In
his estimation she was the belle just
, as she is now In every ones, and that
he means to carry out bis intention
: that he never "repented of his rash
ness" but was afraid the little woman
wouldn't have him, and would throw
!. him over for some better looking fel.
! low.
SNOW, will you stay with me and
not struggle ever any more to ge
away?' y q
: uj-I think So"
ssDo you love me? A most impor
q tant question which I had almost for
q gotten to ask
: s.Some Hartley, are you happy %
uHappy enough to-to-request Mis-
Efae to be our first bridesmaid and t
!. give up betting on certainttes iron
J. this time forth forever more. "-PitG
burg Leader.
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The only unpleasant Incident which
occurred at Asheville, N. c., was the
defacing in small way Of the Presi-
dents private car. Mr.. - was ar
rested and taken before Esquire A. L.
Summey upon the charge Of defacing
and damaging the Presidents car. He
pleaded guilty and further stated that
he did not intend to violate the law or
10 offer insult or injury to the Presi-
dent; said he came from South Caro-
Ina specially to see him, that he was
Democrat, aud that his father was as
good a Democrat as lived in Spartan
burg county, and having failed to get a
good look at the President he wanted q
chip OF his car to remember him by.
The Judgment of the court was In these
words: eft is adjudged by the court
that the defendant pay fine of So in
order that he may more feelingly and
tenderly remember the President and
his beautiful wife, and at the same
time aid tho school fund OF Buncombe
county.
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THE TELEGRAPH One dollar per
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Nov, 2lst.
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Calderwood & Co., Druggists, have
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on the way, such as plush, odor and
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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-04-18
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illness in child Too frequently this important fact is m
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chds food is largely cakes and bread these art,
when light sweet composed of free from d
ious substances, easily dgested nutritious and wholesome
these articles made from pure and wholesome ba
powder they much heathful and nutritious than wb
prepared from yeast, other eavenng agent. But dan
arises from the fact that many of the baking powders M
market impure render the food unwhoesome n
fact chemical analysis has developed the fact that all the ba
powders upon the market with the single exception The
Royal Baking Powder, contain either lime alum phospha or
acids of an injurious When bread made with
the of such aueraed articles, these injurious substances
pass the SYSTEM and the of very of the
disease with which children are afflicted.
Persons who have strong constitutions growing gi,
young children, and many ladies' particularly liable the
evil produced by the aduerants found these cheap M
ing powders Heartburn and the prevalent forms of indigestion
are traceabe solely their action upon the amnv
organs Prof Willard Parker, U. S. SurgeonGeneal Ham,
mond Prof Aonzo Clark and eminent physicians all over the
country spoken earnestly evils arising from such
food.
The absolute purity and wholesomeness of the Royal Baking
Powder are unquestiened The reports of the S
Government Chemists have put this fact beyond all controversy
Prof Mott reported that the Royal undoubtedly the pure
and reliable baking powder made. Prof Loves report
showed it be of the highest strength while Prof McMur
ChemistnChief of the u S. Agricultural Department. Wash
ington D. G., found the Royal the only baking powder tho
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THROUGH THE CITY.
Items Gathered Here and There By the
News Reporters.

News Reporters.
The Sir Knights of Palestine Commandery
No. Z, knights Templar, will assemble this
morning at $50 o'clock for the purpose OF
paying the last tribute of respect to Sir
Knight Fonda, who was killed yesterday.
Clinton Lodge, +. A. NJ, will meet TO-
night.
The Railroad Loan Association will hold
its forty-fourth regular monthly meeting at
Metropolitan Hall tonight.
The Memorial Association will meet at
No. SO Abercorn street tomorrow afternoon
to arrange for the observance OF Memorial
day.
There were 1856 failures in the United
States reported to Bradstreet's last week,
against 1S2 in the preceding week, and l59
ia, 1875 and 1853 in the corresponding weeks
of 1886, 1885, 1884 and 1888 respectively.
w Byel.s, sailor charged with attempt
to murder on the high seas, was brought
from Brunswick last night and lodged in
jail here for safe keeping. The jail au-
thoritieS do not know the particulars OF the
crime
One of Mr.. J. H. Furber's wagons, loaded
with dinner orders for Beauleu and the Isle
of Hope, was smashed to pieces by his horse
running away yesterday. Congress street
lane, between Mr. Furber's and Whitaker
street was strewn with icecream, cake and
pieces of the vehicle.
The work of repairing the exterior of st.
Johns church will begin at once. The en-
tire exterior walls will be reprinted or re-
colored, and several other Improvements
will be made. The Easter offerings of the
congregation this year were devoted to that
purpose and were supplemented last week
by subscriptions amounting to sufficient to
defray the entire cost of the proposed work.
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Trinity Methodist church was thronged
last night Every pew was crowded, the
aisles were filed, the galleries we're packed
and many went away unable 10 get inside
the doors or even near enough 10 hear from
the outside. Groups of people gathered on
the sidewalks under the windows and listened
as best they could. II was probably the
largest congregation that Trinity has ever
held
Rev Sam Small preached sermon upon
his own experience and It was one of the
most torcihc that he has ever delivered He
told The story of hi- conversion IN Atlnnta
ana how be- began Christian lie AZ the
close ot thc service he asked all who felt
desire ~ become Christians
and 90 quit their sins b.
stand up Nearly fifty stood up and nsked
tor prayer Thank God aid tho evango
lisi, thai he Is bringing -o many b. Him"
ne dokn.u2Y was sung and nfiar the ben
cdlcilOn Nn. pronounced those who hal
hAknd ioI prayers rrmHlned and give their
nhines l.o, l.. . Payne, agent and IA
perniendnut ~ ihr Orphans Home ut Ma.
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Local Personal.

Among the arrivals at the Screven House
Yesterday were William Moerlein, Cincin-
natl; w. z. Munroe, New York; G. B..
Townsend and wife, Macon; Il. s. Covey
and wife. jacksonville, Fla; J. G. French,
NJ. D., Rio Vista, Cal j. H. Dunesuil and
wife, Louisville, Ky; A. POlloc, New
York; Mrs. O. D. Case, D. Phillips. Miss
Case, Connecticut; ". B. Thomas, Tren-
Mile o. R. Ford, Boston; n. a. Howard
and wife, New York Joseph F. Hays,
Shreveport, La. T.; Miss H. NJ. Hays, Phila-
delphia.
At the Marshall House were E. Lieber-
man, New York; Miss L. r. Hack, Geo
B. Hack, Hackton; DIR. Vandy, Jersey City
A. Knoup, Baltimore; NJ. N johnson, D. H.
King, Frank F. Hudson, New York; John
NJ Findley, St Louis; ]. NJ. Reeve, Colds
boro, n c.. n. Y. Shelton, Syracuse, NY.
w. S. Bradford New York; 7. S. Sanders,
Denver, Col
At the Harnett House were J. II. Wood
ford, St. Louis; B. F. Latham, Brunswick {;
Prof. O. NJ Crosby, Jacksonville, Fla; II.
B. Sexton, E. j. Chapman, Boston; H. NJ.
Castle and wife, Sycamore, Ill; c. f. Chal-
mers and wife, George w. Dryden, Logans-
port, Ind; w J. Butler, Albany, n. Y. ;
S. W Morrison, J. E. Coates John H. Cox,
J. B. Lewis, William B. Gildersleeve, New
York: w. O. Hampton, Florida.
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